Chess Quote by Savielly Tartakower

No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws…

— Pal Benko

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his…

— Albert Einstein

As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to new financial…

— Andrew Soltis

I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the…

— Anatoly Karpov

We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way…

— Richard Reti

I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke.

— Alexei Shirov

Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known…

— Anatoly Karpov

That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game when he was at his best is very remote to all out home-bred…

— Alexander Alekhine

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.

— Vasily Smyslov

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

— David Bronstein